This one is just priceless (seriously, read this Buzzfeed piece). In recent weeks there has been some great work coming out around a Yelp - Grubhub phone scam. These underhanded tricks aren't unique to Doordash though.
Many restauranteurs were complaining about their Google listings being "hijacked" by Doordash, sometimes even usurping their own preferred delivery. Tricking businesses onto your platform and creating additional headaches for small business owners in the pursuit of Softbankian growth is a bad as it gets. To add to the illegality of it all, there is a general halt on court eviction proceedings during the pandemic in the US and there are various assistance and support groups in place for tenants to work with their landlords in most markets, provided you do the proper due diligence and communication with all parties involved.
#GIGECONOMY FUCK YEAH FULL#
Referencing this article (and accounting for the varied local and state laws), you (the landlord) at least need to show proof of:ġ.) You served notice to the tenant to appear in court correctlyĢ.) Proved your case that the tenant is either willfully not paying or openly committing illegal acts of crime or destroying the property and received a judgement in favor to evictģ.) Have the Sheriff or other equivalent official serve the eviction notice to the tenant with a clear lockout date on the noticeĤ.) Wait for the proper appellate timeframe for the tenant to counter or respond to the eviction notice before executing the lockout and removal of the tenant's property (and to an extreme extent anyone occupying the property space) by the Sheriff (or equivalent) and a contracted mover and locksmith.Īnything less than following that process to the T and you are basically hiring (or gig working as) a brute squad meant to illegally prey on and intimidate tenants to forcibly move out without knowing their full rights (read: "self-help evictions"). Otherwise it seems like a great way of intimidating tenants to leave or pay more. Wonder what kind of vetting is in place to confirm someone is even allowed to be evicted. I imagine the civil liabilities alone they're going to be hit with after their first hour of operation despite trying to hide behind the fig lead that their process servers are 'independent contractors and not employees.' *edit* Unless the courts get there first. It's going to be beautiful to see how fast the internet enables people to completely ruin this company and everything it attempts. Yeah that seems like the logical progression here There's a lot to quote from this article and I quoted a lot as it is, but holy shit what. The company did not respond to requests for comment or a source for this quote, but the mention of the Times has since disappeared from its website. The website also featured a quote, attributed to The New York Times: "Too many people stopped paying rent and mortgages thinking they would not be evicted." A search reveals this phrase hasn't appeared in the Times. "Literally thousands of process servers are needed in the coming months due courts being backed up in judgements that needs to be served to defendants." "We are being contracted by frustrated property owners and banks to secure foreclosed residential properties."Ĭivvl aims to marry the gig economy with the devastation of a pandemic, complete with signature gig startup language like "be your own boss," and "flexible hours," and "looking for self-motivated individuals with positive attitudes:" "FASTEST GROWING MONEY MAKING GIG DUE TO COVID-19," its website says.
"Unemployment is at a record high and many cannot or simply are not paying rent and mortgages," the ads state. In its Craigslist ads, posted across the country, Civvl explains the opportunity plainly: "There is plenty of work due to the dismal economy." "It's fucked up that there will be struggling working-class people who will be drawn to gigs like furniture-hauling or process-serving for a company like Civvl, evicting fellow working-class people from their homes so they themselves can make rent," she told Motherboard. Helena Duncan, a Chicago-based paralegal who also participates in housing activism, saw a Craigslist post from Civvl while searching for jobs. Seizing on a pandemic-driven nosedive in employment and huge uptick in number-of-people-who-can't-pay-their-rent, Civvl aims to make it easy for landlords to hire process servers and eviction agents as gig workers. Instead, it is the following call to action, from a company called Civvl: "Be hired as eviction crew."ĭuring a time of great economic and general hardship, Civvl aims to be, essentially, Uber, but for evicting people. The button below this statement is not for a GoFundMe, or a petition for calling for rent relief. "SINCE COVID-19 MANY AMERICANS FELL BEHIND IN ALL ASPECTS," reads the website copy.
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